The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
On February 14, 2025, the Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was opened in Jaipur, India, with comments from the Foundation CEO, Dr. Mahendra Bhandari and Foundation Founder and President Mr. Raj Vattikuti. They spoke to a select audience of...
Vattikuti Foundation CEO Dr. Mahendra Bhandari interviews the winners of the Best Scientific Paper on Robotic Sugery in (journal of) European Urology for 2024. Hear from Dr. Federico Pyramide and Prof. Francesco Porpiglia as they discuss the findings. (The Vattikuti Foundation sponsors a cash prize...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
The Vattikuti Foundation-sponsored 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium was held in Jaipur, India February 14, 15 & 16, 2025. International speakers were selected in part through their entries submitted for the 2024 KS International Innovation Awards. This video is from the...
Sponsored by the Vattikuti Foundation, the KS International Innovation Awards recognizes surgical talent and in doing so, shares new, cutting-edge educational robotic surgery procedures and technology with the world. The awards ceremony was held on 15 February 2025 at ITC Rajputana Hotel in Jaipur, India....
This is a short reflection on some of the accomplishments of the Vattikuti Foundation, including the recent affiliation with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India. (updated 3-2025) 5:40. See more at: https://vattikutifoundation.com/videos/ ...
Recently, Prof. Koon Ho Rha, Yonsei University, Severance Hospital, Seoul, S.Korea sat down with Dr. Mahendra Bhandari, CEO of the Vattikuti Foundation. Here is part of their conversation, which ranged from early robotic surgery to the future. Interview, with VF file video, 31:48 See more at:...
Dr. Subhash Khanna is a relatively recent convert to robotic surgery, having done thousands of laparoscopic procedures, he felt the need to move to robot-assisted surgery to ease the pain and discomfort that sometimes comes with laparoscopy. Prof. Khanna is Chief Medical Director & Head-...
It was unique: two Dr. B.C. Roy Award* Honorees, in conversation. This occurred recently at the Vattikuti Foundation headquarters in suburban Detroit, when VF CEO Dr. Mahendra Bhandari met with friend and colleague Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni, Founder of the UROKUL Hospital in Pune, India. It...
One of India's pioneer robotic surgeons, Prof. Dr. Somashekhar S. P. was interviewed by the Vattikuti Foundation October, 2023. He was a guest and presenter at the Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery Symposium, presented by the VF and ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium....
Professor Francesco Porpiglia is respected as at the forefront of Europe's efforts to utilize AI and enhanced computer-generated imaging for guiding the future of surgery. The Vattikuti Foundation is pleased to focus on him for a segment of our 'Humans of Robotic Surgery' series. Interview,...
Dr. Anupama Rajanbabu decided early on that she wanted to become a robotic surgeon. A longtime Professor and Gynecologic Oncologist at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India, she set the pace in many ways for other surgeons in her field in India. She...
From his beginnings as a young surgeon to leading one of the foremost research and minimally invasive surgery programs in the world, Prof. Ahmed Ghazi has been recognized a leader. The Humans of Robotic Surgery series presents his views on the past, present and future....
Dr. Pieter De Backer is the Surgical Artificial Intelligence Lead for the ORSI Academy in Melle, Belgium. In this program, he talks about what drew him to robotic surgery, ORSI Academy, and his role for the future of surgery. Interview, with PPT's and videos. 10:05...
It's a topic that has been in the news lately: the successful launch of India's first surgical robot, the SSI MANTRA. Last October (before the unveiling), the VF interviewed the Founder, Chairman & CEO of SSI Innovations, Cardiologist Dr. Sudhir Srivastava. We present this interview...
The Vattikuti Foundation's Humans of Robotic Surgery Series interviews Robotic Surgery Pioneer Prof. Sherry Wren, of the Stanford University Medical School. She describes her first looks at the prototypes of what became the da Vinci Surgical System during the beginnings of its development, but also...
The Vattikuti Foundation's Humans of Robotic Surgery Series features an interview with Dr. Andrew Hung, Vice-chair, Academic Development, Urology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. He talks about the beginnings of his experience with robotic surgery, including when one mentor described it as a...
The Vattikuti Foundation's Humans of Robotic Surgery Series looks at a Greek Colorectal Surgeon- Thalia Petropoulou, MD, PhD, FRCS, ERCS. She describes her career development, what she 'likes' about robotic surgery and her 'First' -a robotic 3D model superimposed on her surgical procedure. Discussion, with...
We continue our series of profiles of Robotic Surgeons with a recent interview of Consultant Urologist and Managing Trustee of Dr. Mahesh R. Desai, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital. VF CEO Dr. Bhandari guides Dr. Desai through some of the history of building this "remote" hospital...
The Keynote Speaker at the Vattikuti Fellowships Alumni Meeting, June 10, 2023 was noted Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Ashok N. Johari. His formal presentation to the Vattikuti Foundation Fellowship Alumni was "How You Can Make the Most of a Surgical Career," an insightful presentation with...
The Keynote Speaker at the Vattikuti Fellowships Alumni Meeting, June 10, 2023 was noted Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Ashok N. Johari. This is an informal conversation with VF CEO Dr. Mahendra Bhandari. The two men share anecdotes before Dr. Johari's Keynote address. As they share...
For the first program in the new 'Humans at the Cutting Edge of Surgery' video series, Dr. Mahendra Bhandari, Vattikuti Foundation CEO, interviews the Founder and Chairman of Narayana Health, cardiologist Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty. In what may be described as a delightful conversation between...
Prof. Jihad Kaouk, MD, FACS, FRCS; Zagarac Pollock Endowed Chair in Robotic Surgery; Director, Center for Robotic & Image Guided Surgery; Vice Chair, Enterprise Surgical Operations for the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), is considered one of the pioneering surgeons in Robotic Surgery. He...
Askok Hemal can truly be considered on of the pioneers of Robotic Surgery. He has spent a lifetime of learning, developing, instructing and performing robotic surgeries, beginning as Dr. Mani Menon's first Fellow at the Vattikuti Urology Institute in Detroit. Hear his story-...
For our fifth Humans of Robotic Surgery program, we interviewed Dr. I. Emre Gorgon, the Section Head of Colorectal Surgical Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic, where he is the Krause-Lieberman Chair in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery and Director, EndoLuminal Surgery Center, Lower GI. He talks...
Our fourth video of the Vattikuti Foundation 'Humans of Robotic Surgery' series features Gynecologic Robotic Surgeon Dr. Arnold Advincula, whose pioneering work led to many new techniques for the da Vinci Surgical System. November 2022 interview, VF file footage. TRT 9:40 See more at:...
Our third installment of the Vattikuti Foundation 'Humans of Robotic Surgery' series features the recollections of Dr. Pier C. Giulianotti, pioneer of several robotic surgery techniques. November 2022 interview, robotic surgery footage. TRT: 10:10 See more at: https://vattikutifoundation.com/videos/...
The second program in the Vattikuti Foundation series 'Humans of Robotic Surgery' features the recollections of the Founder and Managing Partner of Medanta, the Medicity. Dr. Naresh Trehan is not only a leading cardiac surgeon, but a robotic surgery pioneer. He was recently...
In 1999, Dr. Pascal J. Goldschmidt was instrumental in the Ohio State University acquiring the very first commercial 'da Vinci' surgical robot in the United States. His story is the subject of an ambitious new series called 'Humans of Robotic Surgery,' presented by the Vattikuti...